With Michael Taylor ensconced in the White House as the Food Safety Czar, we have the proverbial fox guarding the hen house. Monsanto Mike was a lead attorney, VP, and chief lobbyist for Monsanto. In the 1990s, he manipulated the FDA and the legal system to make sure genetically modified bovine growth hormones (rbGH) made it to market while financially destroying small dairy farmers who dared label their milk rBGH free.

Japan, Canada and some European countries have banned a few of Monsanto’s products, while the USA remains an open market for GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms). This is due largely to Monsanto Mike’s efforts, which includes successfully lobbying against labeling requirements for GMOs.

An Uphill Battle

So the playing field for ensuring real food safety is to eliminate the scourge of GMOs as crop, animal, and human genetic contaminants are tilted in the biotechnology industry’s favor. The threat of GMO crops contaminating non-GMO crops is very real. It’s going to take a lot to level the playing field and tilt it the other way.

Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception and director of The Institute for Responsible Technology, advocates consumer education and boycotting. He claims there have been positive results from this strategy with bovine growth hormone laced milks disappearing from major market shelves. Too bad most of the harassed small dairy farmers aren’t getting some payback from Monsanto.

Then there is the Organic Consumers Association, which has created a “Millions Against Monsanto” page on their site. When it comes to education, there are two excellent free documentaries available on line through the sources section below.

So activists have taken up the fight and become insurgents against the food chain tyranny big business and big government (aka fascism) have foisted over everyone. The food chain is being endangered permanently and decisively. And with that – the future of most living creatures!